Name/Title
Benson Lumber Company StationaryEntry/Object ID
A0236.6.01Scope and Content
One blank sheet of Benson Lumber Company stationery (letterhead bond), showing an engraved illustration of 207 foot logs on railroad trucks
Historic Note:
Simon Benson began a Columbia River logging business in 1891 using oxen to transport logs to the mill. Beasts of burden were soon replaced by steam power. Benson was the first to successfully use steam power and by 1904 had built an eight mile railroad from his thousands of acres of timber to a lumber mill in Clatskanie, Oregon. The Benson Timber Company was the innovator of the raft of logs. A large number of logs, upwards of 6,000,000 linear feet were chained together and towed down the coast to San Diego for processing at the local sawmill. Benson sold his interest in the company to the Everson family in 1911, which continued doing business under the Benson name for two more decades. [Allen, Alice Benson. Simon Benson: Northwest Lumber King. Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, (1971).]Collection
Historic Maritime Documents (18th - early 20th C) CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
StationeryNomenclature Primary Object Term
PaperNomenclature Sub-Class
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Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1719 - 1999